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EP 1 434 459 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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25.08.2004 Bulletin 2004/35 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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30.06.2004 Bulletin 2004/27 |
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Date of filing: 17.08.2000 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04Q 7/38 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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DE FI FR GB IT |
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Priority: |
24.08.1999 US 382328
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Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC: |
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00955618.4 / 1212910 |
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Applicant: Nokia Corporation |
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02150 Espoo (FI) |
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- Fraccaroli, Frederico
75063, Irving, Texas (US)
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Representative: Piotrowicz, Pawel Jan Andrzej et al |
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Venner Shipley LLP 20 Little Britain
London EC1A 7DH
London EC1A 7DH (GB) |
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Mobile Communications Subscriber Profile Matching System |
(57) A wireless communications network comprises a server in a central location storing
matching profiles for a plurality of users of the network. The matching profile for
each user is stored in the server through the user's mobile unit or a secure page
on the Internet. Each matching profile is corresponded with a respective mobile unit
using the same identification information (ID) of the respective mobile unit utilized
for carrying out phone calls. The server has a customizable variable matching algorithm
and probes the matching profiles corresponding to the respective mobile units in a
cell or group of cells for a match every time a new mobile unit subscribes into the
cell or group of cells. When there is a match of matching profiles, the two persons
are put in contact or advised of each other through a phone call or other communications
method.